Match Overview
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in match No. 70 of the ongoing IPL 2025 on Tuesday, May 27, at the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
LSG are already out of the playoff race and would look to finish their campaign on a high with a win against RCB. The Rishabh Pant-led side has won six games and lost seven in IPL 2025. They are coming into this clash on the back of a 33-run win against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad last week.
RCB, on the other hand, would assure itself a top-two finish with a win on Tuesday. They are currently stationed at No. 3 on the points table, with eight wins and four defeats from 13 games. One of their matches ended without a result. RCB lost their most recent clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 42 runs in Lucknow.
This will be the first meeting between RCB and LSG in the 18th edition of the 10-team tournament. While RCB can finish in the top two with a win on Tuesday, LSG will end their campaign at No. 6 if they get two points from the clash.
Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report
Out of the seven games that the Ekana Cricket Stadium has hosted in IPL 2025, five have been won by chasing teams. The average first-innings total has been around 188. While this venue has huge boundaries, the pitches have been good for batting. Also, the dew in the second innings makes batting easier.
Head-to-Head Record
LSG vs RCB Probable Playing XIs
Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, William O’Rourke.
Impact Player: Mitchell Marsh
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Jitesh Sharma (C & WK), Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Lungi Ngidi, Suyash Sharma.
Impact Player: Rajat Patidar
LSG vs RCB Probable Best Performers
Probable Best Batter Prediction: Virat Kohli (RCB)
Virat Kohli has been among the leading run-getters in IPL 2025. He has aggregated 548 runs from 12 innings at an average of 60.89 and a strike rate of 145.36. Unlike previous editions, Kohli has shown the intent to score runs from the outset. He will hope to give RCB another fantastic start on Tuesday.
Probable Best Bowler Prediction: Krunal Pandya (RCB)
Krunal Pandya has plenty of experience of bowling at the Ekana Cricket Stadium thanks to his tenure with LSG in the past three seasons. The spin-bowling all-rounder has bowled some excellent spells at different stages of the innings for RCB in IPL 2025. He has picked up 15 wickets from 12 games at an average of 22.53.
Today’s Match Prediction: Team bowling first to win the match
